Abstract

Introduction: Augmenting the malar area enhances the angularity and fullness of the mid face. Pop culture portrays people with high malar prominence and angular faces as beautiful and exotic.(1) On the other hand, people with mid face deficiency tend to have a gaunt or hollow mid face leading to increased show of the sclera inferior to the pupil. Materials and Method: Thirty Class I and 30 Class III CBCT images (16 male, 14 female - each group) between the age group of 14-20 years were included in the study. Data collected from the patients reporting to the Insight CBCT Center, Pune. The CBCT images were analyzed with creation of hard and soft tissue slices for PPA and results were drawn with statistical analysis. Results: The Class I male horizontal slices had smaller measurements (P

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